PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dee Stroya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ansgar Axelsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Axelsson has chosen one bourbon one scotch one beer as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stroya
vs
Axelsson

192 cm
31
218 lbs
27 - 10 - 0

188 cm
36
214 lbs
36 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition
Conviction

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dee Stroya!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ansgar Axelsson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axelsson tries to land a leg kick but Stroya saw it coming and moves away.
Axelsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Stroya circles away.
Stroya listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Ansgar Axelsson has been cut.
Stroya shoots and misses
and Axelsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Axelsson throws a jab when Stroya was well out of range.
Stroya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Axelsson scores with a punch to the head.
Axelsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stroya showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Axelsson.
Stroya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroya lands with a nice body punch.
Stroya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Axelsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stroya.
A big left from Axelsson misses.
Axelsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stroya counters with a two punch combo.
Stroya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Axelsson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Stroya connects with a leg kick. Axelsson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stroya throws a lazy head kick
and Axelsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Axelsson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stroya throws a front kick that sends Axelsson stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Axelsson lands a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axelsson throws out a leg kick but Stroya moves out of range and Axelsson only half commits.
Stroya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Axelsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stroya swinging wildly here.
Axelsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Axelsson misses with a wild body shot.
Axelsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Axelsson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stroya's head backwards.
Axelsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stroya closes the distance and clinches up with Axelsson, looking for a takedown. Stroya pushes Axelsson against the cage but Axelsson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A shot to the body from Axelsson misses

and Stroya counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Axelsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Axelsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Stroya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stroya can't find room to land a body shot as Axelsson controls the action.
Axelsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stroya managing to block the knees to the body from Axelsson.
Axelsson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stroya lands a body shot.
Axelsson tries to work over Stroya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Axelsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stroya blocks an uppercut.
Stroya blocks a body shot from Axelsson.
Stroya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stroya managing to block the knees to the body from Axelsson.
Axelsson presses Stroya against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Stroya.
Stroya has a couple of punches blocked by Axelsson.
Axelsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Stroya avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Stroya.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stroya as Axelsson tries to tie him up.
Axelsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stroya avoids it.
Stroya swings wildly with an uppercut but Axelsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stroya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stroya lands a body shot in the clinch.
Axelsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stroya is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Axelsson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dee Stroya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stroya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stroya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stroya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Axelsson backwards.
Axelsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ansgar Axelsson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ansgar Axelsson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stroya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Axelsson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Axelsson throws a right hand that Stroya ducks under and follows up with a left that Stroya also avoids with ease.
Axelsson misses with a kick to the body
and Stroya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stroya tries to clinch but Axelsson is having none of it.
Stroya bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Axelsson thuds his right hand into Stroya's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Axelsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stroya.
Axelsson throws the kick towards the body but Stroya avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stroya avoids the body shot from Axelsson.
Stroya half committed to a counter leg kick.
Stroya throws a lazy body kick
and Axelsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Stroya pounces like a tiger and cracks Axelsson with a vicious hook! Axelsson is down but not out! Stroya follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dee Stroya!
Dee Stroya retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Dee Stroya thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.